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Ministry - The Squirrely Years Tour

Ministry – The Squirrely Years Tour

Ministry have announced THE SQUIRRELY YEARS TOUR with Nitzer Ebb, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and Die Krupps. Ministry will play an all 80s set with songs from With Sympathy and Twitch. Dates April 2025 29 Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren* 30 Albuquerque, NM @ Revel* May 2025 2 Austin, TX @ Emo’s* 3 Houston, TX @ House… Read more →

General Dynamics - Where Animals Play

General Dynamics – Where Animals Play

Where Animals Play is the second General Dynamics album, arriving two years after their successful debut LP Weaponize Your Dreams. This second manifestation is the logical and brutal continuation of their distinct sound; menacing vocals splayed across an array of precision sampling, destructive percussion and finessed synth work. The duo (consisting of members QUAL + SARIN) embodies, assimilates and re-interprets… Read more →

JE T'AIME - Useless Boy

JE T’AIME – Useless Boy

Parisian cold-wave trio JE T’AIME embrace the futility of life to better dance its melancholy in a romantic gesture that takes 80s nostalgia and breathes new energy into it. The universe of JE T’AIME‘s new album, Useless Boy, is as much an intimate elegy of broken dreams and invisible walls as it is a cry of rebellion, a call to dance bravely in… Read more →

The Ultimate Dreamers - Paradoxical Sleep

The Ultimate Dreamers – Paradoxical Sleep

After the triumphant comeback of Echoing Reverie and an electrifying tour across Europe, the Belgian quartet The Ultimate Dreamers return in 2025 with Paradoxical Sleep, an album of entirely new material that solidifies their standing at the forefront of the alternative scene. Anchored by the brooding single “Digging” and the irresistible “Spiritchaser,” Paradoxical Sleep showcases the band at their artistic… Read more →

Free Artoffact 2024 Sampler

Free Artoffact 2024 Sampler

Canadian label Artoffact Records has release their 2024 year-end sampler. Filled with 30-tracks of EBM, Industrial, New Beat, Synthpop, Darkwave, Post-Punk, and Goth from bands such as Blush Response, Front Line Assembly, K​æ​lan Mikla, The Foreign Resort, Ultra Sunn, and Bootblacks. You can get it for free from Bandcamp and name your price. Artoffact Records 2024 Sampler by Artoffact Records Read more →

Clan Of Xymox - Body of Christ

Clan Of Xymox – Body of Christ

Clan Of Xymox will release a new EP entitled Blood of Christ on 6th December via Metropolis Records. The title song is also included on Exodus, the current album by the dark wave wizards released in June 2024, with the EP also including the brand new You’re The One plus six remixes of each track for a total running time… Read more →

Cold Grey Rain - Awakening of Sorrows

Cold Grey Rain – Awakening of Sorrows

Cold Grey Rain (CGR) has a new album called Awakening of Sorrows that will be released November 15th. Eight new introspective songs about the difficulties of living, the anxieties linked to one’s own life experience and other topical subjects in a context of human darkness. Melancholy songs that touch our soul to the core, addressing themes such as addiction “Those… Read more →

Witch Will Die - Francesca

Witch Will Die – Francesca

Old school goth punk/post punk band Witch Will Die from South Ural, Russia are set to release their third full-length album Francesca November 1, 2024. As a bonus to Bandcamp customer purchasing the album will also get the Bandcamp-only bonus track, high-resolution cover art, all the lyrics, a bunch of band live photos and a few gtp tabs. Order everywhere… Read more →

Resurgence – Various Artists

Embark on a sonic journey with Resurgence, the latest conceptual release from Brussels-based Spleen+ (a division of Alfa Matrix). This deluxe collector’s edition brings together 133 active bands from across the globe, spanning the diverse sub-genres born from post-punk’s iconic roots. Spread over an impressive 7-CD collection, this box set captures the essence of a movement that has influenced generations… Read more →

The Ultimate Dreamers - Digging (2-track single)

The Ultimate Dreamers – Digging (2-track single)

The wait is over! Belgium’s rising cold wave sensation THE ULTIMATE DREAMERS return with their chilling new single “Digging”, the first glimpse into their highly anticipated album Paradoxical Sleep, set for release in early 2025. This track plunges deep into a sinister sonic world where sombre, depressive vocals clash with jagged guitar riffs, amplifying the track’s oppressive, doom-laden atmosphere. It’s… Read more →